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<p>A new hybrid within the <italic>Hippochaete</italic> subgenus of <italic>Equisetum</italic> genus, <italic>Equisetum</italic> ×<italic>meridionale</italic> (Milde) Chiov. was discovered in Poland during the research conducted in 2022 at two locations in Kotlina Żywiecka (the Żywiec Basin) and Beskid Wyspowy (Island Beskids – Western Beskids) in the anthropogenic habitats in close proximity to <italic>Equisetum ramosissimum</italic>. The identity of the hybrid was unequivocally confirmed by macro-morphological observations, microscopic analysis and flow cytometry. The most pronounced macroscopic characteristics of the hybrid were the intermediate size of the shoots and leaf sheaths, which are black with long black teeth. The microscopic observations revealed that the hybrid has silica tubercles in the form of cross-bands, similarly as in the case of <italic>E. ramosissimum,</italic> but not in the form of two rows as in the case of <italic>E. variegatum.</italic> The measurements of the nuclear DNA content (2C values) revealed that the putative hybrid had a nuclear DNA content intermediate to that of the parental species, i.e. <italic>E. ramosissimum</italic> (56.13 pg) and <italic>E. variegatum</italic> (63.80 pg) obtained in the present studies and within the values previously reported for <italic>E.</italic> ×<italic>meridionale</italic> (60.7-61.2 pg).</p>
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A new hybrid within the Hippochaete subgenus of Equisetum genus, Equisetum ×meridionale (Milde) Chiov. was discovered in Poland during the research conducted in 2022 at two locations in Kotlina Żywiecka (the Żywiec Basin) and Beskid Wyspowy (Island Beskids – Western Beskids) in the anthropogenic habitats in close proximity to Equisetum ramosissimum. The identity of the hybrid was unequivocally confirmed by macro-morphological observations, microscopic analysis and flow cytometry. The most pronounced macroscopic characteristics of the hybrid were the intermediate size of the shoots and leaf sheaths, which are black with long black teeth. The microscopic observations revealed that the hybrid has silica tubercles in the form of cross-bands, similarly as in the case of E. ramosissimum, but not in the form of two rows as in the case of E. variegatum. The measurements of the nuclear DNA content (2C values) revealed that the putative hybrid had a nuclear DNA content intermediate to that of the parental species, i.e. E. ramosissimum (56.13 pg) and E. variegatum (63.80 pg) obtained in the present studies and within the values previously reported for E. ×meridionale (60.7-61.2 pg).

<italic>Equisetum</italic> ×<italic>meridionale</italic> (Milde) Chiov. – a new hybrid taxon in the flora of Poland

Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Cytometry

Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology

Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology

Biodiversity Research and Conservation

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 × (Milde) Chiov. – a new hybrid taxon in the flora of Poland

A new hybrid within the Hippochaete subgenus of Equisetum genus, Equisetum ×meridionale (Milde) Chiov. was discovered in Poland during the research conducted...

Equisetum ×meridionale (Milde) Chiov. – a new hybrid taxon in the flora of Poland

Published Online: Jan 28, 2023

Page range: 9 - 14

Received: Jul 28, 2022

Accepted: Nov 30, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/biorc.2022.68.2

Keywords
×, new hybrid taxon, Poland, Western Beskids

© 2022 Dariusz Tlałka et al., published by Sciendo

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Equisetum ×meridionale (Milde) Chiov. – a new hybrid taxon in the flora of Poland

Published Online: Jan 28, 2023

Page range: 9 - 14

Received: Jul 28, 2022

Accepted: Nov 30, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/biorc.2022.68.2

Keywords×, new hybrid taxon, Poland, Western Beskids

© 2022 Dariusz Tlałka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
×, new hybrid taxon, Poland, Western Beskids